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From: michelle439731 on 11 May 2010 06:37
Good afternoon,

I have an array of numbers in excel. I want then to display as percentage
if I've selected "proportional" from a drop down menu. I want them to
display as a number (0.00 for example) if I select "absolute" these are the
only two options in the menu.

I'ved tried using the Format code help in Excel but I can't manuipulat it to
get it to work how I want.

Any help will be greatly apprecaited.

Thank you!

Michelle
From: Gary''s Student on 11 May 2010 07:30
Let's put the drop down in column A and the data to be formatted in column B.
Enter the following in the worksheet code area:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim A1 As Range, B As Range
Set A1 = Range("A1")
Set B = Range("B:B")
If Intersect(Target, A1) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
Application.EnableEvents = False
If A1.Value = "proportional" Then
B.NumberFormat = "0.00%"
Else
B.NumberFormat = "General"
End If
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub


Because it is worksheet code, it is very easy to install and automatic to use:

1. right-click the tab name near the bottom of the Excel window
2. select View Code - this brings up a VBE window
3. paste the stuff in and close the VBE window

If you have any concerns, first try it on a trial worksheet.

If you save the workbook, the macro will be saved with it.


To remove the macro:

1. bring up the VBE windows as above
2. clear the code out
3. close the VBE window

To learn more about macros in general, see:

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

To learn more about Event Macros (worksheet code), see:

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/event.htm

--
Gary''s Student - gsnu201002


"michelle439731" wrote:

> Good afternoon,
>
> I have an array of numbers in excel. I want then to display as percentage
> if I've selected "proportional" from a drop down menu. I want them to
> display as a number (0.00 for example) if I select "absolute" these are the
> only two options in the menu.
>
> I'ved tried using the Format code help in Excel but I can't manuipulat it to
> get it to work how I want.
>
> Any help will be greatly apprecaited.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Michelle
From: michelle439731 on 11 May 2010 07:54
Awesome, thank you very much, that works perfectly.

And thanks for the links, I'll check them out.

Cheers,

Michelle

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

> Let's put the drop down in column A and the data to be formatted in column B.
> Enter the following in the worksheet code area:
>
> Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
> Dim A1 As Range, B As Range
> Set A1 = Range("A1")
> Set B = Range("B:B")
> If Intersect(Target, A1) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
> Application.EnableEvents = False
> If A1.Value = "proportional" Then
> B.NumberFormat = "0.00%"
> Else
> B.NumberFormat = "General"
> End If
> Application.EnableEvents = True
> End Sub
>
>
> Because it is worksheet code, it is very easy to install and automatic to use:
>
> 1. right-click the tab name near the bottom of the Excel window
> 2. select View Code - this brings up a VBE window
> 3. paste the stuff in and close the VBE window
>
> If you have any concerns, first try it on a trial worksheet.
>
> If you save the workbook, the macro will be saved with it.
>
>
> To remove the macro:
>
> 1. bring up the VBE windows as above
> 2. clear the code out
> 3. close the VBE window
>
> To learn more about macros in general, see:
>
> http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm
>
> To learn more about Event Macros (worksheet code), see:
>
> http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/event.htm
>
> --
> Gary''s Student - gsnu201002
>
>
> "michelle439731" wrote:
>
> > Good afternoon,
> >
> > I have an array of numbers in excel. I want then to display as percentage
> > if I've selected "proportional" from a drop down menu. I want them to
> > display as a number (0.00 for example) if I select "absolute" these are the
> > only two options in the menu.
> >
> > I'ved tried using the Format code help in Excel but I can't manuipulat it to
> > get it to work how I want.
> >
> > Any help will be greatly apprecaited.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Michelle
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